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Word Roots 17 & 18
Suffixes Roots Prefixes and Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mono- (Prefix) | one |
| biblio (Root) | book |
| Graph/o (Root) | write, written |
| Klept/o (Root) | to steal |
| Mania (Root) | intense craving, loss of reason |
| phile (Root) | love, loving |
| phob (Root) | fear of |
| -ia (Suffix) | condition |
| -logy (Suffix) | study of, science |
| -y (Suffix) | state of, quality, act; body, group |
| bibliophobia (Word) | dread or hatred of books |
| biblioklept (Word) | one who steals books |
| bibliology (Word) | history and science of books as physical objects |
| bibliography (Word) | list of books |
| bibliophile (Word) | lover of books |
| bibliomania (Word) | excessive preoccupation with books |
| kleptomania (Word) | persistent craving to steal |
| graphomania (Word) | obsessive desire to write |
| monomania (Word) | obsession with one object or idea |
| anthrop/o (Root) | mankind, man |
| meter (Root) | measure |
| nom (Root) | name, law, custom, order |
| path (Root) | feeling, disease |
| phil (Root) | love, loving |
| -ic (Suffix) | like, related to |
| -oid (Suffix) | resembling |
| anthropoid (Word) | resembling man |
| philanthropy (Word) | love of mankind |
| anthropology (Word) | study of mankind |
| anthropometer (Word) | device used to measure the proportions of the human body |
| anthroponomy (Word) | natural laws of human development as they relate to the environment |
| anthropopathic (Word) | relating human feelings to something not human |